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South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) has recently detected advanced hacking attempts by North Korean cyber groups targeting critical government agencies and high-tech enterprises to steal confidential data and core technologies. In response, the NIS has urged affected industries to strengthen their cybersecurity measures. According to a press release on Tuesday, North Korean hacking groups […]
Bybit, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has suffered a massive hack resulting in the theft of $1.5 billion in digital assets, primarily Ethereum. The breach occurred when an attacker exploited security vulnerabilities during a routine transfer from Bybit’s offline cold wallet to a warm wallet. While all other wallets remain secure, the incident […]
On Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department indicted two North Korean nationals and three accomplices in a scheme in which they fraudulently secured remote IT jobs with U.S. companies with the aim of generating revenue for the North Korean regime. Over the past few years, The Readable has closely monitored cyber threats from the hermit nation […]
According to cybersecurity experts based in the United States, North Korean hackers have launched cyberattacks against Russia’s defense sector, successfully infiltrating the country’s aerospace institute earlier this year. In a report released on Thursday, Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) revealed that North Korean state-sponsored hackers successfully infiltrated a Russian aerospace research institute last March. The […]
South Korea stands as one of the countries most frequently targeted by cybercriminals, trailing only behind the United States and Ukraine, an expert at a U.S. cybersecurity company revealed on Tuesday. Luke McNamara, a principal analyst at Mandiant, a cybersecurity firm owned by Google, revealed during a press briefing at Google’s South Korean office that […]
North Korean hackers are allegedly abusing users’ interest in cryptocurrency to spread malicious codes, according to cybersecurity researchers on Monday. In a report, South Korean cybersecurity firm AhnLab stated that they discovered three malicious files disguised as benign Word documents on July 28. According to the researchers, the attackers posed as a cryptocurrency exchange and […]
By Dain Oh, The ReadableJun. 28, 2023 6:45PM GMT+9 The South Korean intelligence agency warned the public of North Korean cyberattacks on Wednesday, especially guiding them to delete the authentication software “MagicLine4NX” from any devices in use. According to the National Intelligence Service, around 50 organizations have already been infected by malicious codes which were […]
The South Korean intelligence agency issued a warning on Wednesday after discovering a duplicated fake website of the internet giant Naver created by North Korean state-sponsored hackers. In a press release, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) stated that they discovered a phishing website nearly identical to Naver and attributed the hacking attempt to North Korean […]
North Korean hackers are thought to be behind the latest cryptocurrency theft of at least 35 million dollars, according to cybersecurity experts. In a recent report, Elliptic, a United Kingdom based cryptocurrency analysis firm, linked the cybercriminals who stole digital assets from Atomic Wallet, a cryptocurrency service company, to a well-known North Korean state-sponsored hacking group […]
South Korea imposed sanctions on Friday on a North Korean hacking group known as Kimsuky over espionage campaigns. In a joint press release on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Police Agency, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the Financial Services Commission stated that the hacking group has been stealing sensitive information […]
By Kuksung Nam, The ReadableMay 12, 2023 7:00PM GMT+9 “Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter that is sent to The Readable’s subscribers every Friday. Cybersecurity journalists for The Readable carefully select important news stories from the previous week and deliver them in a compact form. Topics encompass cybercrime, geopolitics, and privacy. There are no costs […]
A North Korean hacking group is responsible for a data breach that affected almost 830,000 individuals, including patients and employees of one of South Korea’s major hospitals two years ago, according to the South Korean police on Wednesday. In a press release, the Korean National Police Agency stated that the North Korean hacking group had […]
Lawmakers from South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Japan will gather in London this week to discuss coordinated counter measures against North Korea’s illicit cyber activities and human rights violations. According to the International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for Asian Human Rights (IPCAHR) on Monday, the International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for North Korean Refugees and Human Rights (IPCNKR) […]
